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E. LEEoY TETAMORE a: s .v I'ORDHAM. TOOL FOR APPLYING BARREL HEADTASTENINGS. No. 284,923. Patented Sept. 11,1883.

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Nita rA'rEs FRANK LE ROY TETAMORE AND SIDNEY E. FORDHAM, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

TOOL FOR APPLYING BARREL-HEAD FASTENINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,923, dated September 11, 1883.

Application filed January 27, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

enings, of which the'following is a full, clear,

and exact description.

Reference is to be had 'to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of our improve ment, illustrating its use. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. I

The object of this invention is to facilitate the application to the staves of barrels of the barrel-head fastenings for which Letters Patent were allowed to us December 21, 1882.

The invention consists in an instrument for applying barrel-head fastenings, constructed with a stock having a recess to receive and rest .upon the barrel-chine, apresser for forcing the fastenings into the staves and having an aperture to receive the fastening, a cam-lever for operating the presser, and a hood provided with a supporting-rod, and its bearing, slide, and spring for supporting the fastenings while being operated upon. The presser is held away from the staves, while the instrument is being applied to the barrel and removed there- I from, by a spring interposed between the stock vupon the chine of the barrel.

and the camlever. The stock is provided with an adjustable gage-plate to rest upon the edge of the chine, and thus cause the fastenings to be applied in the right place, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A is the stock, upon the under side of the projecting upper part of the forward end-of which is formed a recess, B, to receive and .fit The forward end of the stock A is extended downward, and in its forward edge is formed a recess, 0, to receive the upper hoops of the barrel.

D is the presser, which projects downward along the chine of the barrel, and is so formed as to fit upon the fastening E, as shown in Fig. 1, and press the said fastening squarely against the inner side of the barrel-stave and force the points of the said fastening into the said stave.

The shank of the presser'D projects outward horizontally and rests and slides ina groovein the upper edge of the forward part of the stock A. The end of the presser-shank, or a tenon formed upon the said end,; enters a groove, F, in the curved forward edge of the cam-lever G, and is connected with it by a pin, H, which passes through the said shank and through a curved slot, I, in the said canrlever. The camlever G passes through a slot in the stock A, and is fulcrumed by a pin, J, to a projection,

K, formed upon the upper edge of the said stock A. The presser D i sheld away fromthe chine of the barrel by a spring, L, attached to the cam-lever G, and which bears against the lower edge of the stock A.

To one side of the projecting upper part of the stock A is attached a slotted gage-plate, M, by a screw, N, to rest upon the edge of the chineand support the instrument in such a position that the fastening will be forced into the proper place in the staves.

In the presser D, at the base of the shank, is formed an aperture, 0, of sufficient sizeto allow the fastening E to be dropped through it. As the fastening E is dropped through the aperture 0 into the space between the presser D and the stave of the barrel, it is received and supported in proper position by a hood, P, which covers the lower end of the presser D and projects to the staves of thebarrel. To the hood I? is attached a rod, Q,which projects upward, is bent outward, and extends along the upper part of the side of the stock A. The rod Q passes through and slides in a bearing, It, secured to the upper edge of the forward part of the stock A bya set-screw or other suitable means. The rear end of the rod Q is attached to a slide, S, sliding upon the upper edge of the stock A, and which is held back, holding thehood P against the stave of the barrel by a I spiral or other suitable spring, T, interposed between the said slide and the projection K of the stock A.

The hood P is pushed forward to allow the instrument to be applied to and removed from the barrel by pressing the slide S forward,

which can be done with the hand that holds the instrument.

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, the positions shown in Fig. 1,, with the fastening resting in the presser D, the long arm of the cam-lever G is drawn toward the stock A, which moves the presserto force the fastening into the stave of the barrel, the operation being quickly and accurately performed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure'by Lettors Patent, is

1. An instrument for applying barrel-head fastenings, constructed substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of the stock having chine-receiving recess, the presser D, having apertureto receive the fastening,

a cam-lever for operating the presser, and a hood to support the fastening while being operated upon, as set forth.

2. In an instrument for apply in g barrel -11ead fastenings, the combination, with the stock A, having chine-receiving recess B, of the presser D, having aperture 0 to receive the fasten ing, and the cam-lever G for operating the presscr, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the fastening can be readily 5 forced into the staves, as set forth.

3. I11 an instrument for applying barreLh cad fastenings, the combination, with the stock A, the presser D, and the cam-lever G, of the spring L, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the presser is held away from the staves while the instrument is being applied to and removed from the barrel, as set forth.

4c. In an instrument for applying barrel-head fastenings, the combination, with the stock.A, having chine-receiving recess 13, of the adjustable gage-plate M, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the instrument can be readily adjusted to apply'the fastening in the proper positions, as set forth.

5. In. an instrument for applying barrel-head fastenings, the combination, with the stock A and the presser D, of the hood P, the rod Q, and its bearing, slide, and spring, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the fastenings can be supported in proper position while being applied to the staves, as set forth.

FRANK LE ROY TETAMORE. SIDNEY EUGENE FORDHAM. \Vitn esses:

ARTHUR TAYLOR, V. P. CIIIQUOINE. 

